Lawyers specialising in environmental law
- Our environmental lawyers provide a comprehensive legal advisory service ranging from the processing of environmental licences, authorisations and concessions to sector-specific areas depending on the nature of your business—water and discharges, emissions and noise, waste and contaminated land, transport of hazardous substances, trade in chemicals, REACH and CLP, and so on.
- Integration and development of sustainability strategies, including potential funding for SMEs: Environmental Sustainability Protocol.
- Legal support and representation in environmental disputes within the framework of administrative, contentious-administrative and criminal proceedings.
- Advice on environmental taxation.
- Identification and assessment of environmental liabilities in due diligence procedures.
- Project finance in the environmental sector, identifying grants and public funding by activity or technology.
- Legal support for producers and waste managers – of both non-hazardous and hazardous waste – in complying with the requirements and control documentation stipulated by the applicable regulations.
- Legal and procedural assistance during the national, EU and international shipment of waste until it is treated.
- Legal advice on the establishment and operation of an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme.
- Legal assistance regarding the establishment and operation of a deposit, return and refund scheme for packaging and packaging waste.
- Advice on the negotiation of collaboration agreements with various stakeholders or public authorities in the field of waste management.
- We have created #REPRESENTA in partnership with INERCO: an alliance that offers bespoke solutions to companies not established in Spain, to help them meet their extended producer responsibility obligations for packaging and packaging waste, guiding them to comply with regulations and move towards sustainability.
- Environmental experts supporting businesses in their decarbonisation process, advising them on emissions trading or other parallel markets, partnership agreements and CO₂e emissions offset projects; carbon credit sales agreements; the development of sustainability policies; the incorporation of ESG factors into their decision-making; and the drafting of non-financial reports.
- Specialist advice on sustainable finance.
- Support for public authorities and public bodies on integrating environmental and sustainability criteria into public procurement and calls for grant applications; into their policies and action plans in line with, amongst others, the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals; or in specific sectors (such as mobility or waste management).
- Advice to financial institutions and insurers on the decarbonisation of portfolios and the transition to a low-carbon economy; communication policies and the dissemination of information on public regulatory law as it applies to business. Integration of sustainability criteria, in accordance with taxonomy and other criteria.
- Internal training programmes and general and specialised outreach initiatives on sustainability topics of interest, delivered through courses, seminars, etc., led by specialist environmental lawyers.
- Legal advice on the construction, acquisition, sale, operation and management of electricity generation and distribution facilities, whether under special or ordinary regimes, as well as in the gas and hydrocarbons sectors.
- Handling of energy projects across all sectors and comprehensive advice on authorisations and licences.
- Matters relating to the supply of electricity (authorisations and permits, registrations, contracts), trading (virtual auctions, physical contracts, derivatives) and emission allowances under the EU ETS.
- Negotiation of supply contracts, turnkey construction contracts, and operation and maintenance contracts.
- Preliminary feasibility study: we assess all the financial, legal and regulatory aspects of your project.
- Comprehensive regulatory advice on hydrogen production, including permits and authorisations — for chemical plants or equipment, renewable energy plants or hydropower schemes.
- Comprehensive legal advice on energy storage at the point of production and consumption, as well as on its transmission and supply.
- Advice to financial institutions and developers on the financing of the construction and operation of renewable energy facilities.
Contact with environmental expert lawyers
Our environmental lawyers can help you to fulfil the necessary requirements of your business, both to obtain financing and to make the transition to a more sustainable business model.
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